The Night Watchman of Siheyuan

Tianpeng Rebirth: The Battle of Buddhism and Taoism

Chapter 37: Exploring the ruins with many traps

After breaking the illusion, the scene of Lingji Island in front of everyone gradually became clear. An ancient stone path meandered deep into the island, with stone statues of various shapes standing on both sides. The faces of these stone statues were distorted, as if telling the tragic stories of the past. At the end of the stone path, a magnificent and dilapidated building was faintly visible, which was the ancient ruins they were looking for.

"This relic looks quite old. I wonder what secrets it hides." Bajie touched his chin, his eyes revealing a hint of curiosity and vigilance.

"No matter what, it's better to be careful. The Shadow Cult covets this place so much, there must be something important in it." Yang Jian, holding a three-pointed, double-edged sword, was the first to step onto the stone path.

Everyone walked along the stone path, and the surroundings were so quiet that they felt uneasy. Suddenly, the ground began to shake violently, and black beams of light shot out from the eyes of the stone statues on both sides of the stone path, attacking everyone.

Ao Bing reacted quickly and immediately summoned a dragon scale shield to protect everyone. The black beam hit the shield, splashing sparks. The shield trembled slightly, but it barely withstood the attack.

"There's something strange about these stone statues. Everyone, disperse and find a way to attack them." Yang Jian shouted, and at the same time, he dodged several beams of light and rushed towards a stone statue. He swung his three-pointed, two-edged knife and chopped at the statue's leg, but the knife only left a shallow mark on the statue.

Feng Yao took out the Holy Spirit Bead, gathered the light into a beam, and shot it at the eyes of the stone statue. When the light shone on the eyes of the stone statue, the stone statue seemed to be restrained in some way, and the frequency of the light beams emitted slowed down significantly.

Xifeng used the mermaid's water control technique to manipulate the nearby water vapor, forming water arrows and shooting them at the stone statue. Although the water arrows failed to cause substantial damage to the stone statue, they also disrupted the stone statue's attack rhythm.

Seeing this, Bajie raised his nine-toothed rake and shouted, "Look at me, old pig!" He rushed towards a stone statue and smashed the rake hard on the chest of the stone statue. The force was so great that a crack appeared on the chest of the stone statue.

Just as everyone was fighting with the stone statue, spikes suddenly rose from the stone path. Ao Bing maintained his dragon scale shield while shouting, "Everyone, watch your step!"

The crowd dodged the spikes while continuing to attack the stone statues. After a hard fight, they finally suppressed the attacks of several stone statues. But before they could breathe a sigh of relief, the gate of the ruins in front of them slowly opened, and a strong suction force came from the gate. The crowd was caught off guard and was sucked into the ruins.

After entering the ruins, the light inside was dim, with only a few oil lamps emitting faint light hanging on the wall. Directly in front of him was a long passage, with strange runes and patterns carved on the walls on both sides of the passage.

"These runes seem to be recording something, but I have never seen it before." Xifeng looked at the runes on the wall carefully with a frown.

"Don't worry about these runes for now, let's go forward and see what happens." Yang Jian said, and everyone moved forward carefully along the passage.

As they walked, a huge abyss suddenly appeared in front of the passage. The abyss was filled with thick fog, and the bottom could not be seen clearly. Above the abyss, there was a row of suspended stone slabs, which were also engraved with runes.

"It looks like we have to walk on these stone slabs to get over there." Ao Bing said.

Bajie was the first to step onto the stone slab. As soon as he set foot, the runes on the slab lit up and an electric current came from the slab. Bajie was shocked so much that his whole body became numb and he almost fell into the abyss.

"Oh my! This stone slab has electricity!" Bajie shouted and quickly jumped back to the shore.

Everyone realized that the runes on these stone slabs must have hidden secrets, and it would be very dangerous to step on them rashly. So they began to carefully observe the arrangement of the runes on the stone slabs.

After some research, Feng Yao discovered that the runes seemed to be related to an ancient formation, and that by stepping on the stone slabs in a specific order, one might be able to pass safely.

Under Feng Yao's command, everyone stepped carefully on the stone slabs and walked towards the other side step by step. Every step they took was fearful, for fear of triggering a trap.

Just when everyone was about to reach the other side, a group of black bats suddenly flew out from the abyss. These bats were huge in size, with eyes flashing strange red light, and pounced towards everyone.

"Everyone be careful!" Yang Jian wielded his three-pointed double-edged sword, beheading the approaching bats. Bajie also wielded his nine-toothed rake, hitting the bats and sending them flying. Ao Bing, Feng Yao, and Xi Feng each cast their own spells to fight the bats.

Under the joint attack of everyone, the bat group was gradually repelled. Everyone finally successfully reached the other side of the abyss, but what awaited them was a tightly closed stone door with a huge Shadow Cult symbol engraved on it, exuding a gloomy atmosphere, as if announcing to them the danger ahead...